It took Kevin Durant 10 years to reach the NBA’s crowning achievement, and the four-time scoring champion got to experience all the unbelievable moments that are a part of winning a championship – including getting a text from a former president.
So what did Barack Obama say to the newly minted champion?
“Congrats,” Durant told Bill Simmons on his podcast. “Your defense was really good, which was random … and he told me to enjoy it, have some fun, typical stuff. I wasn’t expecting that.”
But that wasn’t even the most surprising text the NBA Finals MVP received during all the hoopla.